Manipur TET Syllabus 2019: The exam of Manipur Teaching Eligibility Test (TET) is conducted by the Board of Secondary Education Manipur. The papers are conducted for the post of primary and upper primary teacher. The candidates will have 120 minutes for attempting the paper. There will be 150 questions divided into 5 sections. All the questions will be of objective type only. The syllabus for the exam has been defined for Manipur TET 2019. Read the article below to know more about Manipur TET Syllabus 2019.
Manipur TET Syllabus 2019
Conducting Body: Board of Secondary Education Manipur
Name of Exam: Manipur Teaching Eligibility Test
Name of Post: Primary and Upper Primary Teacher
Papers: Paper-1 and Paper-2
Manipur TET Syllabus 2019
Refer below for the syllabus of Manipur TET 2019 for both the papers as defined by the secondary education board of Manipur.
Paper-1: Primary Stage (Class 1 to 5)
Below is the syllabus defined for the Primary teacher for Paper-1:
Section-1: CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND PEDAGOGY:
(i) Child Development (Primary School Child) (15 Questions):
- Concept of Development and its relationship with growth and learning.
- Principles of Development of Children.
- Stages of Development of a child.
- Process of Growth and Development – Physical, Cognitive, Emotional, Social, Moral, and language Development of children.
- Influence of Heredity and Environment on Development of a child.
- Role of Teacher, Parents and peers in the Development of a child.
- Ideas of Piaget, Kohlberg and Vygotsky.
- Concepts of child-centered and Progressive Education.
- Concept of Intelligence.
- Multi-Dimensional Intelligence.
- Individual Differences among Learners.
- Enhancing Learning and critical Thinking and Assessing Learner’s Achievement
(ii) Concept of Inclusive Education and Understanding children with special Needs (5 questions): This topics will include the learming process for learners from diverse backgrounds including disadvantaged and deprived. Children with learning difficulties, impairment etc. Gifted, Creative, specially-abled Learners.
(iii) Learning and pedagogy (10 questions):
- How children think and learn.
- Basic processes of Teaching and Learning as social activity; social context of learning.
- Child as a problem solver.
- Motivation and learning.
- Factors contributing to learning, personal and environmental
Section-2: LANGUAGE – I (ENGLISH):
Part-A (15 Marks):
- Language Comprehension -Two unseen passages.
- The following items should be reflected in the questions;
- Vocabulary test, Parts of speech, Sentence
- Improvement, Determiners, Marks of punctuation, Phrases and idioms, Passage completions
Part-B (15 Marks): Pedagogy of Language Development:
- Language Learning and acquisition.
- Principles of language teaching.
- Language skills.
- Role of speaking and listening in the function of language with special reference to the Use of language by children.
- Role of grammar in learning a language and communicating ideas verbally and in written form.
- Challenges of teaching in a diverse classroom;
- language difficulties, errors and disorders.
- Evaluating language comprehension and proficiency with reference to the four skills.
- Multi language resource of the classroom.
- Remedial teaching.
- Basic element of classroom management.
Section-3: LANGUAGE – II (MODERN INDIAN LANGUAGE):
Part-A (15 Questions):
- Comprehension test
- Phrases and Idioms
- Parts of Speech
- Punctuation marks
- Vocabulary test (including antonyms and synonyms)
- Sentence transformation
- Sentence improvement
- Passage completion.
Part-B (15 Questions): Pedagogy of Language Development:
- Language and its use.
- Acquisition of first language. Principles of language teaching.
- Role of grammar in language teaching.
- Language skills and their assessment.
- Teaching of literature and functional grammar.
- Teaching-learning materials:
- Textbook and multi-materials. Remedial teaching
Sections-4: ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES:
This sections will include questions from the following topics:
- Our need: Our food, Cloths, Shelter, Air, Water.
- Living and Non-living Organisms: Living organism – Characteristics; differences from non-living.
- Plants: Characteristics & uses. Animals: Different external and internal organs of human being; their important functions.
- Natural Resources. Healthy Habits: Good Habits, Diseases, Pollution and its preventions. The sun, the earth, stars and sky.
- Means of transport and communication.
- Story of wheel: Beginning of exploration of scientific means of transportation.
- Concept of distance, time and mass.
- Basic ideas of electricity and light and the related phenomenon around us.
- Weather and climate.
- Physical feature of India with special reference to Manipur.
- Disaster Management.
- National and state symbol.
- Stories of our Freedom Fighters.
- Some great personalities
Sections-5: MATHEMATICS:
Following are the topics that will be included in this section:
- Numbers: Natural numbers, Integers,
- Operations on Integers: Addition, Subtraction, Relation between the operation of addition and subtraction as the reverse process of each other;
- Testing the right choice of the operation in specific problems;
- The operations of multiplication and division among natural numbers, their relation as the reverse process of each other.
- Testing the right choice of operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division in the right order in specific word problems.
- Distinguishing characters of plane figures with special reference to triangle, square and circle.
- Identification of solids around us; special shapes of solid bodies: sphere, cube, cuboid, cone, cylinder.
- Different Units of measure: Length, Weight, Volume and time with subunits.
- Money:
- Indian money and its denominations.
- Patterns: Patterns in numbers/finding a missing number in a pattern or finding the next number or term in a pattern.
- Mathematical Symbols: Interpretation or simply reading a symbolic statement;
- Conversion of symbolic statement to common language and vice-versa.
- Data handling by using pictographs and pie charts.
- Reading of calendar, determination of the day of the week given the day of a particular date.
- Reading the dial of the clock.
Paper-2: Upper Primary Stage (Class 6 to 8)
Below is the syllabus for Upper Primary Stage i.e. Paper-2 of Manipur TET 2019:
Section-1: CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND PEDAGOGY:
Child Development (Upper Primary School child)
- Concept of development and its relationship with growth and learning.
- Principles of Development of Children.
- Stages of Development of a child.
- Process of growth and development -Physical, Cognitive, Emotional, Social, Moral, and Language Development of children.
- Influence of Heredity and Environment on Development of a child.
- Role of Teacher, Parents, and Peers in the Development of a Child.
- Ideas of Piaget, Kohlberg and Vygotsky.
- Concept of child-centered and Progressive Education.
- Concept of intelligence.
- Multi-Dimensional Intelligence.
- individual diff ernes among Learners.
- Enhancing Learning and Critical thinking and Assessing Learner ‘ s Achievement.
CONCEPT OF INCLUSIVE EDUCATION AND UNDERSTANDING CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS: Learners from diverse backgrounds including disadvantaged and deprived. Children with learning difficulties, impairment etc. Gifted, Creative, Specially abled Learners.
Learning and Pedagogy:
- How children think and learn.
- Basic processes of Teaching and Learning;
- Learning as a Social Activity;
- Social Context of learning.
- Child as a problem solver.
- Motivation and learning.
- Factors contributing to learning personal and environmental.
Section-2: LANGUAGE-1 (ENGLISH):
Part-A:
- Language Comprehension- Two unseen passages.
- Vocabulary Test including -Antonyms and synonyms
- Comprehension Test
- Reconstruction of sentences improvement of sentences * Completion of passage *
- Spelling Errors * Phrases and idioms * Voice – Active and Passive * Direct and redirect speech * Parts of speech * Determiners * Tenses * Punctuations *
- Transformation of sentences
Part-B: Pedagogy of Language Development:
- Language Learning and acquisition. Principles of language teaching.
- Language skills.
- Role of speaking and listening in the function of language with special reference to the Use of language by children.
- Role of grammar in learning a language and communicating ideas verbally and in written form.
- Challenges of teaching in a diverse classroom; language difficulties, errors and disorders.
- Evaluating language comprehension and proficiency with reference to the four skills.
- Multi language resource of the classroom.
- Remedial teaching.
- Basic element of classroom management.
Section-3: LANGUAGE – II (MODERN INDIAN LANGUAGE):
Part-A:
- Language Comprehension- Two unseen prose passages (discursive or literary or narrative or scientific) With
- questions on comprehension, grammar and verbal ability.
- Comprehension test
- Phrases and Idioms
- Parts of Speech
- Punctuation marks
- Vocabulary test (including antonyms and synonyms)
- Sentence transformation
- Sentence improvement
- Passage completion.
Part-B: Pedagogy of Language Development:
- Language and its use.
- Acquisition of first language.
- Principles of language teaching.
- Role of grammar in language teaching.
- Language skills and their assessment.
- Teaching of literature and functional grammar.
- Teaching-learning materials
- Textbook and multi-materials.
- Remedial teaching
- Basic element of classroom management.
Section-4:(A) (i) SCIENCE
- Nature and structure of matter:
- Separation of substances,
- Metals and non-metals.
- Changes around us.
- Structure of atom.
- Acids, Bases and salts.
- Carbon.
- Materials of daily use.
- The Solar system: The sun and its planets.
- Measurement.
- Force and motion: Types of motion;
- Definition of force;
- Laws of force and its application.
- Heat and Temperature:
- Transfer of heat and Different Scales of temperature.
- Light: Concept of reflection, refraction, dispersion and their laws with application.
- Wave and sound.
- Electric charge at rest;
- flow of electric charge and Magnetism.
- Sources of energies.
- Living world;
- Characteristics and classification of the living beings.
- Structural organization and functions of living organisms.
- Cell structure, function and reproduction.
- Micro-organisms.
- Food-components;
- food production and management.
- Health and diseases.
- Environment.
Section-4: (A) (ii) MATHEMATICS
- Number: Natural Numbers, Whole numbers, Integers, Fractions;
- The four fundamental operations among integers.
- Ratio and Proportion.
- Arithmetic of trade: profit and loss,
- Percentage.
- Algebra: Algebraic expressions, Polynomials and multinomial.
- Operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication of algebraic expressions.
- Division of a polynomial by a linear polynomial.
- Plane figures with special properties of identification.
- Different types of triangles and properties of triangles associated with sides and the angles (Inequalities in triangles)
- Special points associated with a triangle: circum-center, in center, orthocenter and centroid of a triangle, pedal triangle of a triangle.
- Symmetry and symmetrical figures in a plane;
- Line of symmetry and reflection.
- Construction of geometrical figures:
- Construction of an angle, the perpendicular bisector of a line segment, construction of a triangle with given sides, the base and the base angles.
- Solid figures: Solids like sphere, pyramid, cone, prism etc.
- Mensuration: Area, Volume and problems associated with area, volume and perimeters of plane figures.
- Data handling: Mean, Median and Mode of a data.
- Bar diagram and histogram of a data.
Section-4:(B) SOCIAL STUDIES/SOCIAL SCIENCE:
(i) HISTORY:
- Studying the past;
- Early Man & His Life.
- Ancient Civilizations-Indus Valley Civilizations &Vedic civilization.
- Rise of States-Mahajanapadas;
- Rise of Magadha.
- New ideas.
- Mauryan Empire;
- Gupta Empire; Harshavardhana. Rise of small kingdoms in India in Medieval period. The Delhi Sultanate; The Mughal empire. States & Kingdoms in
- North-east India in the 15th Century. Religious Developments.
- Manipur in early 18th Century.
- British conquest of India.
- Impact of the British rule;
- Manipur & the British,
- Manipur under British rule.
- Socio-Religious Reform Movements.
- Indian National Movement.
- The 2nd World War & Manipur
(ii) GEOGRAPHY:
- Geography as a social study and as a science.
- The Earth in the Solar System.
- Latitude, longitude and motions of the earth.
- Natural environment: Air and Water.
- Human environment: Settlement, transport and communication with special Reference to Manipur.
- Life in hot and cold desert regions.
- Natural resources: Land, wildlife, natural vegetation, mineral and power resources.
- Agriculture.
- Human resources: Population-age and sex compositions, population change and Distribution with special reference to Manipur.
(iii) POLITICAL SCIENCE & ECONOMICS:
- Community Development.
- Local self-Government in Rural and Urban areas.
- District Administration.
- Presentation of Public Property and Historical Movements.
- Merger of Manipur.
- State hood of Manipur.
- Indian Constitution and its basic values.
- National symbol and National density.
- Government at the Centre and States Directive Principles of State Policy.
- Fundamental Rights and Duties.
- The Role of Citizens.
- Diversities in India.
- The Scenario of 20th Century World.
- Human Rights and the problem of terrorism.
- India and United Nations.
- Population and Economic Development.
- Globalization and the World Trade Organization.
- The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
- Environmental Degradation and natural Disaster.
Detailed Syllabus PDF:
- Paper-1: Click Here
- Paper-2: Click Here
Manipur TET Exam Pattern 2019
Below is the exam pattern for Manipur TET 2019. Refer the pattern to know more about the exam:
Duration of Exam: Candidates will get 2 hour to solve the paper.
Type of Questions: The questions in the question paper will be of MCQ type only.
No. of Questions: There will be 150 questions in the question paper.
Marking Scheme: Candidates will be awarded 1 mark for every right answer.
Sections:
(i) Paper-1 (For Teacher of Class 1-5):
| Sections | No. of Questions | Total Marks |
| Child Development and Pedagogy | 30 | 30 |
| Language-1 (Compulsory) | 30 | 30 |
| Language-2 (Compulsory) | 30 | 30 |
| Environmental Studies | 30 | 30 |
| Mathematics | 30 | 30 |
| Total | 150 | 150 |
(ii) Paper-2 (For teacher of Class 6-8):
| Sections | No. of Questions | Total Marks |
| Child Development and Pedagogy | 30 | 30 |
| Language-1 (Compulsory) | 30 | 30 |
| Language-2 (Compulsory) | 30 | 30 |
| (A) Math’s & Science (30 question each) OR | 60 | 60 |
| (B) Social Science | 30 | 60 |
| Total | 150 | 150 |
Important Books for Manipur TET 2019
Below are some of the important books that the candidates can refer while preparing for Manipur TET 2019 exam:
| Name of Book | Link |
| Manipur: Paper-I (Class I to V) Guide (TET) | Click Here |
| Manipur: Paper-II (Class VI to VIII) Mathematics & Science Guide (TET) | Click Here |
| Manipur: Paper-II (Class VI to VIII) Social Sciences/Studies Guide (TET) | Click Here |
| हिंदी CTET एवं TET परीक्षा (कक्षा VI-VIII के लिए) | Click Here |
| Word Power Made Easy | Click Here |
| Child Development & Pedagogy for CTET & STET (Paper 1 & 2) with Past Questions | Click Here |
| CTET & TETs Previous Year’ Solved Papers class I-V Paper-I | Click Here |
| Objective General English | Click Here |
Wise Words From Toppers:
– Revision is the key. I revised the syllabus 2 times while preparing and one last time before exam.
– I made notes for every topic as soon as I completed it. This made me remember the topic clearly. Then, I used my notes for revising before the exam.
– Make sure you are healthy. You must not skip meals and make sure you are healthy in the exam week.
Preparation Tips
Candidate must keep calm and focus on the syllabus of the exam. Even though not much time is left for the exam, we have got it all covered. You can follow the following steps and prepare for the TET exam. Make sure you are regular to your study routine:
Understand Your Exam: You first need to understand the level of the exam. The exam will be of 150 questions to be solved in 120 minutes. You will get less than a minute to solve a question. Candidates must maintain speed at attempting the questions.
Work on Weak Points: You must analyse the syllabus thoroughly. Know your weak and strong points and work more on the weak points. Focus on clearing the basics of the topics and also know what weightage does a particular topic has in the exam.
Clear your basics: Refer to NCERT books to clear the topics for the exam. The candidates must not forget to simplify the basics of a topics before moving to the reference books and other tough questions.
Analyse Previous Year Question Paper: Previous year questions will be of huge help. You can know what are the most commonly asked questions and which topics appear more frequently than others.
Appear for mock tests: Take mock test. This is the best way to revise the syllabus and know your level of preparation. Through mock tests, you can also know your level of exams as per their sections.
Revision is must: The revision before exam is the major thing. If you read the whole syllabus but did not revise you will forget all the things studied. However, if you read a few topics and revise thoroughly then it can help you a lot in the exam.
Make Notes: After you complete a topic, make notes. This will help you with remembering the topic for a long time. Also, these notes will help you with the revision at the crucial moments before the exam.
About Manipur TET 2019
Manipur TET 2019 is a Teaching Eligibility Test exam conducted by the Board of Secondary Education Manipur. The teaching eligibility test is the exam for the post of primary and upper primary teacher in the government, public and private schools. The candidates who intend to be a teacher for class 1-5 must give the exam or Paper-1 and the candidates who want to be a teacher for class 6-8 must appear for Paper-2. The candidates will get 2 hours to solve a 150 question long question paper. The candidates must score marks more than or equal to the cut-off decided by the board to qualify the exam.
